Bug 515472

Summary:	The "Turn off screen" settings under Power Management have no effect
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	Matti Pulkkinen <brisk.ice8163>
Component:	Power management & brightness	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	normal
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	6.5.5
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Matti Pulkkinen 2026-02-03 20:04:37 UTC

SUMMARY
I have set the "Turn off screen" setting for "On AC Power," "On Battery," and "On Low Battery" to 15, 10, and 2 minutes respectively. Despite this, the screen turns off after 5 minutes of inactivity.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Set "Turn off screen" to something other than 5 minutes
2. Set a timer and leave the system idle
3. Observe that the screen turns off after 5 minutes

OBSERVED RESULT
Screen turns off after 5 minutes even though none of the "Turn off screen" settings are set to 5 minutes.

EXPECTED RESULT
The screen turns off with the correct timing set for the given power regime.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Bazzite 43
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.22.0
Qt Version: 6.10.1

Comment 1 Matti Pulkkinen 2026-02-03 20:58:37 UTC

Middle-clicking on the power management widget in the system tray to "disable automatic sleep and screen locking" suppresses the "turn off screen" function completely, and the screen does not turn off at all.